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WATER SUPPLY
Water Supply
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Fifth Edition

By
Alan C. Twort, Formerly consultant at Binnie, Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers, UK
Don D. Ratnayaka, Consulting Engineer with Binnie, Black and Veatch, UK
Malcolm J. Brandt, Consulting Engineer at Binnie, Black & Veatch, UK

Description
This new edition of a classic text has been significantly expanded to cover the most current issues and international standards are examined in-depth, with detailed coverage of WHO, European, UK and US standards, organisations and practice. Written with the postgraduate and professional water engineer in mind, this text will also be essential reading for undergraduates studying water engineering.

Audience
Postgraduate students of water engineering. Professional water engineers.

Contents
Public water supply requirements and its measurements * The organisation and financing of public water supplies * Hydrology and surface supplies * Groundwater supplies * Dams, impounding reservoirs and river intakes * Chemistry, microbiology and biology of water * Storage, clarification and filtration of water * Specialised and advanced water treatment processes * Disinfection of water * Hydraulics * Service reservoirs * Pumping plant: instrumentation, control and automation (ICA) systems * Pipes, pipeline construction and valves * Pipeline and distribution system design and analysis * Distribution practice.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 712 pages, publication date: JUN-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-72018-9
ISBN-10: 0-340-72018-2
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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